Trivia

Is the only author to have been inducted into Dave's Book Club on Late Show with David Letterman (1993).

Hobby is riding roller coasters. Husband, Daniel Maurio, proposed to her while they were riding a roller coaster.

After marriage, she and her husband, Jon Hunt, combined and hyphenated their last names. She went by Brook Busey-Hunt and he was Jon Busey-Hunt. Diablo Cody is a pen name.

She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in media studies.

Former freelance journalist. When she was living in Minneapolis, she was the associated arts editor for "City Pages", an alternative weekly.

Noted in her books to have stripped under the names Bonbon, Roxanne, and Cherish.

When Juno (2007) star Elliot Page hosted Saturday Night Live (1975), Diablo Cody was impersonated by Andy Samberg in the opening monologue.

Took her pen name on a trip to Cody, Wyoming. "Diablo" is Spanish for "devil".

Ranked #38 on Entertainment Weekly's 2007 list of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (issue #968, December 7, 2007).

Has been a recurring columnist for Entertainment Weekly since December 2007. Her column appears on the last page of the magazine.

Grew up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Has three children with her husband Daniel Maurio. Their firstborn, a son Marcello Daniel Maurio, was born on July 27, 2010. Their second child was born in 2012 followed by the third in 2015.

Attended Benet Academy, a college-preparatory Catholic high school, located in Lisle, Illinois, USA. Another student who attended was Timothy McGrath.

Friend of Chelsea Handler.

Has a former step-daughter referred to as Peanut in her book.

In 2021, she received Broadway's Tony Award for Best Book of a musical, for the Alanis Morissette production "Jagged Little Pill." In her acceptance speech, she said she could never be an actor and she has no idea how people can keep coming up on stage 8 times a week.

One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.

Resides in Los Angeles, California.

Her maternal grandmother was of Italian descent. Her other ancestry is German, English, and Scottish.